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Man booked for rape threat to journalist on Twitter in Mumbai

The journalist alerted the police on their Twitter handle @MumbaiPolice and was directed to the Azad Maidan police station, where the FIR was registered. By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:February 18, 2016 1:49 am Journalists took out a march to protest the violence against reporters on court premises in Delhi. The Mumbai Police…

Rape in hospital ICU: Accused identified, arrest in 24 hours, say police

The FIR was registered under IPC Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation); no case of negligence was registered against hospital authorities. Written by Sarah Hafeez | Bahadurgarh | Updated: February 18, 2016 9:27 am The man who allegedly raped a 23-year-old in the ICU of a private hospital in Bahadurgarh last week has been…

Muzaffarnagar: Eyewitness in sister’s gangrape case killed

Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: February 18, 2016 9:02 am A 25-year-old man, who was also an eyewitness to the gangrape of his sister last year, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Meerapur police station area of Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday, police said. His family lodged a police complaint against eight people,…

Video of two naked teens getting beaten on local goes viral

dna correspondent @dna A shocking video of two unknown and naked teenagers getting beaten mercilessly in a compartment of a local train went viral on social media on Wednesday, leaving the Government Railway Police (GRP) baffled. Immediately after the video went viral, the GRP launched an inquiry to ascertain the facts about the incident. In…

2-yr-old asking for food slapped by teacher in UP, loses hearing

Feb 18 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Agra: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A two-and-a-half-yearold boy lost his hearing after he was allegedly slapped by a teacher for asking for food at his older siblings’ school during a midday meal service.Doctors have confirmed that the minor has suffered “at least partial loss of hearing“ after…

RSS worker beaten to death

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Feb 17, 2016. DHNS: An activist of the RSS was beaten to death by a gang of assailants in Kannur on Monday, triggering tension in politically sensitive regions of the district. The activist named Sujith (27) of Azad Colony in Aroli was assaulted at his home by a group of 10 assailants with logs.…

`24-hour surveillance must to prevent abuse of schoolgirls’

Feb 17 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) V Narayan & Vinamrata Borwankar Mumbai: Abdul Rehman (33), alias Rauf Shaikh, the private van driver who was arrested on Monday for sexually assaulting a six-year-old, has been remanded in police custody till February 23. Shaikh allegedly committed the offence after threatening to kill the girl’s…

3-year-old abducted, raped in Dharavi

dna correspondent @dna The Dharavi police on Tuesday filed a case against an unidentified man for kidnapping and raping a three-year-old girl. No arrests into the case have been made yet. The minor was a resident of Shivaji Nagar, Govandi, where she lived with her family. Her family found her missing from home at 10pm…

Bihar woman flees from husband after he sells her to porn film makers

Feb 17, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • Bihar Sarita alleged that her in-laws not only taunted her for her father’s inability to provide a dowry, but also started treating her roughly. In less than two months after her wedding, a woman from Saran district, Bihar was forced to abscond from her in-law’s house…

Main accused in Muzaffarnagar riot victim gangrape arrested

PTI Muzaffarnagar, February 17, 2016 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped on January 29 by three youths when she was returning home. The main accused has been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a 14-year-old girl, who was rehabilitated along with her family after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, police said on Wednesday. Zulfam, son…

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